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Worldline enables real-time transfers for Commerzbank

News | Payments General | 25 Jan 2024

Payment service provider Worldline has strengthened its partnership with Commerzbank to offer to enable real-time transfers across Europe and instant payments in Swiss francs.

instant payments, real-time payments, regulation, banking, payment processing

Tamara secures USD 340 million in Series C funding

News | Payments General | 18 Dec 2023

Tamara has announced the raise of USD 340 million in a Series C funding round to launch new products and target opportunities in Saudi Arabia and across the GCC. 

funding, investment, payments , online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, ecommerce

Standard Bank partners with HUAWEI Mobile Services

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 19 Jul 2023

South Africa-based Standard Bank has partnered with HUAWEI Mobile Services to provide digital banking solutions to the former’s clients.

partnership, digital banking, banks, expansion, fintech

Eazy Financial Services partners with JCB

News | Online Payments | 20 Jun 2023

Eazy Financial Services has partnered with JCB in order to enable JCB Card acceptances across EazyPay’s POS, as well as the merchant network in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

partnership, online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, payments , card scheme

JCB, Saudi National Bank enable JCB cards in Saudi Arabia

News | Cards | 13 Apr 2023

Japan-based card scheme JCB International and the Saudi National Bank (SNB) have allowed the acceptance of JCB Cards through over 306,351 POS terminals and 3,088 ATMs across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

debit card, credit card, POS, mPOS, central bank

Swiss National Bank plans wholesale CBDC and "stablecoin"

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 12 Apr 2023

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has announced plans to test the introduction of a wholesale CBDC and a stable-value token for payment processing as part of its "Swiss Payments Vision".

CBDC, product launch, digital assets, stablecoin, digital currency

Payment gateways and the challenges presented by cross-border payments businesses

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 21 Mar 2023

Norberts Millers, Payment Gateway Product Owner at DECTA, elaborates on payment gateways and the challenges presented by cross-border payments businesses.

cross-border payments, ecommerce, payment gateway, fintech, PSP

UBS to acquire Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 20 Mar 2023

Switzerland-based multinational investment bank UBS has agreed to buy lender Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion following a series of urgent talks.

acquisition, banks, lending, banking

Swiss National Bank successfully tests wholesale CBDC settlement

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Jan 2022

The Swiss National Bank (SNB), BIS and SIX have successfully tested the integration of wholesale CBDC settlement with commercial banks.

CBDC, central bank, digital currency, Citi, DLT

BNY Mellon partners with SNB Capital to launch data management solution

News | Payments General | 21 Dec 2021

BNY Mellon and SNB Capital have announced a data management solutions collaboration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to help build a capital markets ecosystem.

partnership, product launch, data, digitalisation

Blockchain is unsuitable for CBDC, Swiss National Bank states

News | Cryptocurrencies | 25 Jun 2021

Swiss National Bank (SNB) economist Carlos Lenz has stated at a press conference organised by the Swiss Bankers Association that there is no need for a digital franc. 

cryptocurrency, CBDC, DeFi, digital currency

France and Switzerland trial cross-border CBDC

News | Cryptocurrencies | 11 Jun 2021

The Swiss National Bank and the Bank of France have announced they will trial Europe's first cross-border central bank digital currency payments.

CBDC, central bank, partnership, cross-border payments

Credit cards are payment option with highest turnover in Switzerland, study shows.

News | Payments General | 10 May 2021

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the University of St. Gallen have released the 2021 joint study ‘Swiss Payment Monitor’. 

report, study, mobile payments, credit card

Sterling National Bank signs BaaS agreement with Rho Technologies

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 07 Apr 2021

Sterling National Bank has reached a BaaS agreement with Rho Technologies.

banks, BaaS, partnership

Swiss National Bank releases paper regarding CBDC and GNU Talers

News | Cryptocurrencies | 01 Mar 2021

The Swiss National Bank has released a paper on the advantages of GNU Talers over blockchain and account-based digital money transactions for Central Bank Digital Currency.

cryptocurrency, study, central bank, digital currency, CBDC

Swiss wholesale CBDC trial successful, but further work is needed

News | Cryptocurrencies | 04 Dec 2020

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has shared the results of the Swiss wholesale central bank digital currency trials called Project Helvetia.

BIS, Swiss franc, CBDC, digital banking, trials, DLT, DvP, SIC, SDX, tokenisation

Libra's imminent launch is in the rumour mill

News | Cryptocurrencies | 30 Oct 2020

Libra, the Facebook-backed project, has reportedly been poised to launch in 2020, gathering a roster of big names from banking as well as enforcement, while scaling back on initial ambitions.

Libra, launch, Facebook, banking, regulated payments, cryptocurrency, HSBC, Credit Suisse, FINMA, Switzerland, stable coins, single currency, multi-currency, payment tokens

Sterling National Bank and Cashfac announce strategic business alliance

News | Payments General | 04 Sep 2020

Cashfac, a global provider of back-office cash management software, and Sterling National Bank (“Sterling”), have announced a strategic agreement to expand Sterling’s Escrow account origination and servicing capabilities. 

Sterling National Bank, Cashfac cash management, escrow, Account Origination

Sygnum Bank rolls out stablecoin tied to Swiss franc

News | Cryptocurrencies | 25 Mar 2020

Sygnum Bank, a licensed digital asset bank, has launched Sygnum Digital CHF (DCHF) – a stablecoin  tied to the Swiss Franc (CHF). 

Sygnum Bank, DCHF, tokenization, stablecoin, Swiss franc, cryptocurrency, Ethereum, Bitcoin, banking, DCHF, transactions , Switzerland, Swiss National Bank, CHF, EUR, SGD, USD

Sterling National Bank boost its digital banking services with Deloitte

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 24 Oct 2019

US-based Sterling National Bank has announced working with Deloitte to implement an Advanced Digital Technology Program.

Sterling National Bank, Deloitte, partnership, produce launch, bank, digital banking, US, United States, Advanced Digital Technology Program, cloud-based technology, automation technology, digital banking application